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After a three year hiatus from Choice & Inference‘s administrative reins, I am once again in charge and am reviving this site as a news feed / conversation forum for formal epistemologists. Please see the official announcement and new changes … Continue reading →

Epistemic contextualism is the view that the verb “know” is a context sensitive expression. As a first approximation, epistemic contextualism states that in order for us to truthfully say a person “knows” a proposition, that person must meet the standards … Continue reading →

As I discussed earlier, two faculty members at Mount St. Mary’s University in Maryland were fired earlier this week for “disloyalty” to the institution. For the latest on this story, use the Google. Nearly 8,000 academics have signed a statement of protest calling … Continue reading →

I taught for several years at Mount St. Mary’s University, where Thane Naberhaus, a (tenured) professor of philosophy, was abruptly fired yesterday afternoon for his role in opposing a plan to dismiss at-risk freshmen in their first semester of college. … Continue reading →

This month at the Brains blog we are hosting an online conference in the philosophy of mind, and this week’s session on Belief and Reasoning is likely to be of interest to the audience at Certain Doubts. The papers are: … Continue reading →

What do you want to do with that? Call for Participation October 23-24, 2015 Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, LMU Munich Philosophers are everywhere—-in private industry, nonprofit organizations, government, the arts, and even universities. It should come as no surprise … Continue reading →

Many philosophers seem to think that – even if the notions of a belief’s being “justified” or “rational” are indeed normative notions, as is widely held to be the case – to say that a belief is “justified” is “rational” is to … Continue reading →

The list of epistemology brownbags at Northwestern is here; more, including the date of Lizzie Fricker’s brownbag as well as the date of (and speakers at) Northwestern’s Pre-APA Central conference, will be announced as more information comes in. … Continue reading →